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Ginnis states he is confident his company can deliver a sturdy, more sustainable solution, but the key was getting the cost down. “Everybody wants to be green, but few will pay for the privilege. We believe shippers will embrace sustainability with the NextPallet because we’re not asking them to compromise on either price or performance.”
NextPallet is a privately held company with patents on the NextPallet. It is seeking distributors worldwide to assemble and sell the NextPallet locally. “We do not intend to manufacture NextPallet ourselves, Ginnis adds. “That is not our expertise. We want to partner with existing local wood pallet companies around the country and around the world.” Its business model is predicated on generating revenue from royalties from the patented technology.
The company is working with a machine builder towards automating the assembly process, although Ginnis states that semi-manual assembly can be very economical. “There is a certain amount of automation we would like to see, but it can be a staged process. NextPallet will be reparable. The corrugated portion can be replaced.
NextPallet Hybrid Corrugated - Wood Pallet Launched
UFPI Closes on Acquisition of North American Container Corporation, Moves Up Fortune 1000 Ranking
Universal Forest Products, Inc. has announced that one of its subsidiaries has closed on the purchase of the operating assets of North American Container Corp. (NACC), a Marietta, Ga.-based manufacturer of structural packaging products. To read more, click here.
EPAL CP pallets: Trials at leading global
polymer manufacturer, Covestro
Covestro is set to be the first large chemicals
producer to trial EPAL’s newly licensed CP
Pallet range. To read more, click here.